Jackal

[Shyamala Kumar]

Nikon 750+150-600 ISO 800 F/8 1/250s.Jackal in Pench

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting of this elusive predator. Its good that you captured the moment when it turned towards you, but I think due to the movement, the sharpness is slightly low. Maybe a wider aperture like f7.1 or a higher ISO would have helped to get a better shutter speed to freeze the movement. Look forward to see more from Pench. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

The same head turn, as seen by me in the outskirts of Kolkata. Nice take. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The moment you look into their eyes you can make out that this is an intelligent species. I respect their tenacity as well. There was a time when Jackals were numerous. These days sighting of a jackal is also a big thing in many places. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Deepak Mistry]

You're right Sabyasachi. In older days kings used to declare rewards to those who killed jackals. Anybody who produced any proof of a jackal kill was rewarded. This was done to protect the villagers and cattle from attacks from the vast jackal population. This led to a sharp decline in the species. Maybe that's why they've become so wary of humans and thus very difficult to sight.

[Roshni Patel]

All I can speak is that the timing of the captured image is perfect.